Oral history.; An interview conducted on April 26, 2006 with Ursula Daxecker. A native of Austria, Daxecker came to New Orleans as a graduate student. After her home was flooded in Hurricane Katrina, Daxecker moved to Northern Virginia. She has...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Gwendolyn Beard, a fourth-generation Mississippian who desribes her experieneces during and after Hurricane Katrina in Moss Point, MS.
Oral history.; An interview conducted February 21, 2007 with Thomas Brister, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Harry McDonald, Sr., a retired engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effect on his neighborhood, his experience with FEMA, and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Leroy Johnson, longtime Pascagoula, MS, resident, who describes his experience there during Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it wrought on the community and his personal life.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Tom Higgins, a retired shipyard manager and author of Sunshine on my Shoulders, a first-person narration of life after Hurricane Katrina. He describes his experience in Pascagoula,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. In the upper half of the cartoon, Uncle Sam is dressed as a soldier. Holding a rife, he is walking in the direction indicated by a sign that reads "The war." Behind him is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A uniformed Vietnamese soldier is smoking a missile-shaped pipe, which he holds in one hand. His other hand is held in a fist. The smoke from the pipe forms atomic symbols...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A dove labeled "Peace hopes" carries an olive branch in its beak and stands on a round table in a room while looking up. The table has a sign that reads, "Paris talks" and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, dressed as a Roman, drives a chariot labeled, "Gov.'s additional 1 cent state sales tax hopes." Three horses pull the chariot, and they are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Six people float in a weightless environment. They are men and women, younger and older. All are smiling. A young girl labeled "Naivete" holds a sign that reads, "Peace is just...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon shows the gridlines of a chart with two trend lines, one upward that is labeled "Tideland hopes," and one downward that is labeled, "Relative downtrend in inland oil...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. The Apollo 11 rocket, labeled "Moon walk mission," launches from the pad into the sky labeled "God's universe." Stars and the moon are seen in the sky; the billowing exhaust from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The facade of a building with an open window is seen. The armored leg of a soldier (reminiscent of the Roman Empire), with a shoe labeled "Vietnam costs" kicks a man out the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. President Richard Nixon drives a speed boat labeled, "G.O.P. hopes" along a developed beachfront. The Republican elephant rides in the boat and shows great fear at the sight of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Robert Kennedy is trying to climb a steep cliff, but he has lost his hold. With his left hand, he clutches a tree branch labeled "Oregon," and his right hand cannot quite reach...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Secretary of State Cyris Vance is trying to walk a high circus tightrope holding a balancing stick. A large balloon labeled "Hopes for diplomatic relations with Red China" is tied...
